The Reward of Cruelty
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
Title
The Reward of Cruelty
Date of Production
1751
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Height: 38.4 cm
Width: 31 cm
Width: 31 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2003
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Dissections
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001
Hogarth and Piranesi: Engravings and etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1992-07/06/1992
Hogarth and Piranesi: Engravings and etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1992-07/06/1992
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : THE REWARD OF CRUELTY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Price 1.s Design'd by W.Hogarth // Behold the Villain's dire disgrace! // Not Death itself can end. // He finds no peaceful Burial-Place, // His breathless Corse, no friend. // Torn from the Root, that wicked Tongue, // Which daily swore and curst! // Those Eyeballs from their Sockets wrung, // That glow'd with lawless Lust! // His Heart expos'd to prying Eyes, // To Pity has no claim; // But, dreadful! from his Bones shall rise, // His Monument of Shame. // Published according to act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Price 1.s Design'd by W.Hogarth // Behold the Villain's dire disgrace! // Not Death itself can end. // He finds no peaceful Burial-Place, // His breathless Corse, no friend. // Torn from the Root, that wicked Tongue, // Which daily swore and curst! // Those Eyeballs from their Sockets wrung, // That glow'd with lawless Lust! // His Heart expos'd to prying Eyes, // To Pity has no claim; // But, dreadful! from his Bones shall rise, // His Monument of Shame. // Published according to act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. //
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